Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-18
INAUGURAL DAY.
The State Capital on the Tiptoe Of
Excitement Consequent Upon the
Great Event OF To-Day.
Gov Elect Ross Receives a Grand Oyati u
on His ArrivaI-The Enthusiasm
Unbounded.

Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, Jan. 17,-That feverish
expectancy always incident to the near
approach CT some extraordinary event be-
gan to exhibit itself in TIE crowds that
thronged the avenue this evening. From
the capitol to Pecan street there was an
unusual hurrying to and fro, and as the
evening advanced the crowd became
denser and at times the sidewalks could
hardly accommodate the great stream of
humanity.
The Austin Grays and Texas Rifles
were in uniform by 1880 and formed in
line at their armory and marched
to the Northwestern depot, where
they received the Burnet Rifles. The
three companies then formed and
marched back TO the armofy building,
where they disbanded and mingled with
the crowd until the hour when the gov
ernor's train was expected to arrive.
At 80 it was learned that Gov. Ross
train did not leave Waco until O'Clock,
viii h would make it two hours and
half late in reAchisg Austin. This in
formation seemed only to add to the
excitement incident to the occasion and
to lend new impetus to the hurrying
crowds that manifested their Impotence
by going from one public resort to
another.
The lobby of the Driskill House might
be compared to the great Cotton Ex-
change hall in the commercial center of
New York on some special occasion,
rather than the office of d modern hotel.
This spacious apartment was filed al
most to overhowing with an interesting
crJwd, made up Of senator's, repre- -enta
tives, eminent railroad men and distin-
guished visitors, attracted to the Capital
City to witness TIE inaugural ceremonies
on the morrow. They were grouped
around the huge pillars that support this
magnificent superstrgcture, discussing
the approaching ceremonies and praising
the sterling qualities of the governor
elect.
At the Avenue and Brunswick q similar
scene on smaller scale greeted the eye,
and in fact at all the public resorts things
went as merry as marriage bell.
At II O'Clock the three military compa-
MES formed into a battalion and began
their march down the avenue to the Mis-
souri, Pacific depot. Their bright uni
forms and FURNISHED arms flashed in the
electric lights as they tramped to the
martial music Of their band on their way
to the depot. 1t was II O'Clock when the
governors train slowed up at the Mis-
souri, Pacific depot The military force
was augmented by an addition of the
Waco Light Infantry, who came on Gov
Elect Ross train as special guard Of
honor.
The combined companies then
formed into an escort COM
manded by Capt. R. Smith.
The procession then formed with the
Austin Grays in front OF the governor
elects carriage, and the other military
behind, and took up the line of march
along the avenue to Pecan, then down
Pecan to the grand portico of the Dris-
kill House, where the governor-e,ect had
previously secured rooms for himself and
friends. The march from the depot to
the hotel was one grand ovation to the
citizen soldier, whose sterling qualities
found fitting testimonial in the enthu-
siasm of his people. The most callous
observer must have felt lhe blood warm
in his veins as he watched the triumphal
march of Gov.-Elect l.. S. Ross through
the streets of the state capital of Texas.